"I found a picture of you oh
Those were the happiest days of my life
Now we're back on the train
Oh back on the chain gang."  The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang

Chrissie Hynde has one of those voices that serves as some mirror with a rewind button when you hear it.  Your mind finds itself back in a moment that has long since past you by, like ( Read more... )

"i'm a good kisser, and you're a fast learner, and that kinda thing could float us, for a pretty long time."  Ani Difranco

That's what I'm listening to, relishing in the thought of thoughts passed by.

It's a little beyond 6:30 p.m. on a Thursday night sometime in the beginning of August 2005.  I don't know if there's ever been a time in my life ( Read more... )

The Mix-CD of the Moment (well, actually, I made it December 13th 2004):

1. Armor For Sleep - Kind of Perfect
2. Action Action - Four Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
3. Jimmy Eat World - Kill
4. Alkaline Trio - All on Black
5. Flogging Molly - With A Wonder and a Wild Desire

"And as bad as I am, I'm proud of the fact that I'm worse than I seem."  Ani Difranco

I love this song.  And unfortunetely, it loves me too.

The first time I heard it I was sitting in my dorm room, the robin egg colored walls staring at me like I was going to give them an answer.  Or maybe it was the other way around.  On the floor above me was the ( Read more... )

The first time someone told me to 'free write' I was fifteen, in 11th grade, and sitting in Creative Writing.  The teacher, he put on some Bob Dylan and said, "Write."  He told us not to think.  Not to stop.  Just keep on writing.  For five minutes.

A few days back, while searching through the piles of junk I've accumulated through the years, ( Read more... )

This is a test of the emergency retard system. If you read this, then, well, it's pretty self-explanitory ( Read more... )